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Insularicoccus syzygium Hodgson, 2018 (Coccidae: Insularicoccus)

Insularicoccus syzygium Hodgson 2018: 14-16. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Prov. coast, Buso, on Myrtaceae, 11/9/1979, by J.H. Martin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype ff, same collection data as holotype (BMNH): 2/8adff (f; many with venters separated from dorsums, but most venters incomplete; some parasitised). Paratype f: with similar collection data but collected on 5.xi.1979, J.H. Martin #2800 (BMNH): 1/1adf (f, missing some venter). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Adult female I. syzygium spec. n. are similar to those of I. carolinensis in having: (i) a group of short stigmatic spines in each cleft, forming an elongate triangle extending onto the dorsum, and (ii) compound preopercular pores. The two species differ in having (character-states on I. carolinensis in brackets): (i) only 5 stigmatic spines in each cleft (8–20); (ii) preopercular pores represented by 3 or 4 single compound pores (4 groups of compound pores, each of 4–8 pores); (iii) marginal radial lines all very short (very long, each with a sclerotised border); (iv) legs only represented by very small leg stubs (well-developed); (v) abdominal clear areas absent (present but sometimes obscure), and (vi) most setose setae on antennae absent (all antennal setose setae present). (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
Structure: Derm brown in life. (Hodgson & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2018.

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